Toy



June 12, 1934. Q BANKER 1,962,948

TOY

Filed Aug. 11. 1932 Patented June 12, 1934 onrrso STA PAT QFFEE TOY V V.Olin E. Banker, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

Application August 11,

2 Claims.

This invention relates to sound producing toys and more particularly toa toy or device which is adapted to be mounted on the bottom of a shoe.

An object of this invention is to provide a sound producing means whichcan be removably mounted on the bottom of a shoe so as to produce aclapping sound. as a person walks along.

Another object of this invention is to provide a device of this kindwhich is adapted to be used during carnival season or the like for theproduction of a clapping noise which is so constructed that it can bereadily and cheaply manufactured and can be mounted on a shoe withoutinjury to the shoe.

The above and various other objects and advantages of this inventionwill in part be described and in part be understood from the followingdetailed description of the present preferred embodiment, the same beingillustrated in the accompanying drawing wherein:

Figure 1 is a detail side elevation of a device constructed according tothe preferred embodiment of this invention mounted on a shoe which isshown in dotted lines.

Figure 2 is a detail top plan view of the device partly broken away.

Figure 3 is a detail bottom plan view of the device partly broken away.

Referring to the drawing wherein like characters of reference designatecorresponding parts throughout the several views, the letter Sdesignates generally a shoe of conventional construction having a sole10 and a heel 11. An elongated fiat plate, generally designated as 12,which is provided with a configuration similar to the bottom of the shoe10, is adapted to be mounted on the bottom of the shoe, and this plate12 is provided with a front sole engaging portion 14 and heel engagingportion 15, which is connected with the sole engaging portion by meansof a reduced connecting portion 16. This fixed plate or clapper member12 is provided with a pair of spaced slots 13 through which a securingstrap 17 is mounted, and this strap 1'7 engages over the shoe S so as totighten the fixed clapper 12 on the bottom of the shoe.

In order to prevent movement of the fixed clapper member 12 on thebottom of the shoe, the heel portion is provided with opposed lugmembers 18 engaging on opposite sides of the heel 11 and with an end lug19 engaging against the end of the heel. In initial form these lugs 18and 19 are stamped from the same sheet of metal as the fixed clapperplate member 12, and are then bent up in substantially vertical formabout 1932, Serial No. 628,428

the sides and end of the heel 11. A movable clapper 20 is disposedbeneath the front or clapper portion 14, and this movable clapper 20 issecured to the fixed clapper 14 by means of rivets 21 or the like.

In order to space the movable clapper 20 away from the bottom of thefixed clapper 12 and also to hold the front portion 14 against lateralmovement, there is provided an elongated strip or bar 22 which extendsat each end thereof beyond the marginal edge portions of the fixedclapper plate member 14, and these extended end portions 23 are adaptedto be bent upwardly so as to engage the sole 1%) of the shoe adjacentthe rear portion of the sole. This bar or spacer member 22 is interposedbetween the fixed clapper 14 and. the movable clapper 20 and the rivets21 pass therethrough.

While the movable clapper is shown as riveted to the fixed clapper 14 bymeans of the rivets 21, I do not wish to be limited to this particularconstruction as, if desired, this movable clapper may be secured byother means so that it will not interfere with the walking of thewearer, but at the same time will produce a clapping sound by themovable plate 20 striking the fixed plate 14. v

In the use of this device, the fixed plate member 12 and the movablemember 14 are adapted to be stamped out of a sheet of metal of desiredthickness and resiliency of, if desired, may be constructed of othermaterial .than metal. The lugs 18 and 19 together with the lugs 23 maybe bent upwardly so that they will engage the heel and sole respectivelyof the shoe and the securing strap 17 extended about the upper portionof the shoe so that the fixed plate will be securely held againstmovement.

As shown in Figure 1, this strap member 17 is mounted on a forwardinclination or angle so that this strap will draw the plate member 12forwardly and constantly urge the rear lug 19 against the rear of theheel 11.

It is, of course, understood that various changes and modifications maybe made in the details of construction and design of the abovespecifically described embodiment of this invention without departingfrom the spirit thereof, such changes and modifications being restrictedonly by the scope of the following claims.

What is claimed is:

l. A toy as described comprising a fixed clapper member adapted toengage the bottom of a shoe and having a configuration similar to theconfiguration of the sole and heel of the shoe.

lugs carried by the member at each side thereof for engagement with thesides of the heel of the shoe, a rear lug carried by the rear of themember and engaging the rear of the heel, a securing strap carried bythe member and adapted to engage about the shoe, said securing strapwhen mounted about the shoe being disposed in forwardly inclinedposition whereby to tighten the rear lug against the rear of the shoe, amovable clapper member, means for securing the movable clapper member tothe fixed member for move= ment, and a bar interposed between themovable member and the fixed member and having outstanding end portionsconstituting lugs for em gagement with the sole of the shoe to hold theforward portion of the fixed member against lateral movement relative tothe shoe, said bar also acting to space the'movable member away from thefixed member.

2. A toy comprising a plate member, means for removably attaching theplate member on the bottom of a shoe, a second plate member normallydisposed in spaced relation to the first plate being disposed at one endof said second plate.

OLIN E. BANKER.

